ROSACEAE. 107 
RAPHIOLEPIS. 
(Family Rosaceae). 
Large tender shrubs: evergreen. 
Twigs moderate, fluted above: pith 
rather small, rounded, continu- 
ous. Buds solitary, sessile, the 
lateral minute or suppressed, the 
terminal moderately large, ovoid, 
with about 4 abruptly pointed 
scales. Leaf-scars alternate, 
clustered toward the tip, half- 
round or the lower much nar- 
rower, scarcely raised: bundle- 
traces 3: stipule-scars lacking. 
Leaves simple, entire or somewhat 
toothed. 
Winter-character references to 
Pyrus: — P. amygdaliformis. 
Schneider, f. 178. P. baccata. 
Bosemann, 52. P. cathayensis. 
Shirasawa, 254. pl. 6. P. com- 
munis. Blakeslee & Jarvis, 330, 
334, 484, pl.; Bosemann, 52; Fant, 
22, f. 20; Schneider, f. 14, 179; Ward, 1:240, £. 124; Will- 
komm, 33, f. 46. P. coronaria. Otis, 144. P. ioensis. Bren- 
del, pl. 3: Hitchcock (1), 5, (3), 14. P. japonica. | Shira- 
sawa, 252, pl. 5. P. Malus. Blakeslee & Jarvis, 330, 334, 486, 
pl.; Fant, 22, f. 19; Schneider, 148, f. 151; Ward, 1:230, f. 
117. FP. Malus austera. Bosemann, 51. P. Malus silvestris. 
Bo6semann, 51; Willkomm, 34, f. 48. P. mitis. Bosemann, 
51. P. nivalis. Bosemann, 52; Schneider, f. 178; Willkomm, 
4, 9, 34, f. 47. P. praecox! Bosemann, 52. P. salicifolia. 
Schneider, f. 178. P. sinensis. Shirasawa, 252, pl. 5. P. 
spectabilis. Schneider, f. 152. P. Toringo incisa. Shirasawa, 
255, pl. 5. 
Glabrous: leaves obovate, pale beneath. R. umbellata. 
